The BBC is developing a TV comedy-drama (what industry folks retardedly refer to as a "dramedy") based on Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently detective novels. Chortle.co has more.

Remember when I said that I was through posting Where The Wild Things Are links? I lied. Click here to see storyboard art from the film and to read an interview with the artist. (Oh, and as an added bonus, the same guy is doing storyboard art for Kenneth Branagh's upcoming adaptation of Thor, and he's got a couple tid-bits on that, too.)

Doubly updated! Yet another WTWTA link. Trust me, though -- this one's a great one. Vanity Fair visited Jim Henson's Creature Workshop, where they got a guided tour of how the Wild Things were made. Hmn...I wonder if the Creature Shop is looking for a blogger...

The CBC has a must-read article about an odd Ottawa art exhibition. The exhibit's theme? 'The Martyrdom of Famous Canadian Icons.' For a hint at how Green Gables' Anne Shirley fares, allow me to quote from the above photo's original caption: "The Martyrdom of St. Anne by Diana Thorneycraft features an Anne doll carrying plasticine representations of her breasts on a platter." To read the rest, click here.

Publishers, nervous about allowing too much of their intellectual property to be offered free, dread the spread of e-book usage in libraries. The NYTimes examines these fears in a refreshingly Cory Doctorow-free article.

John Orstead was a Vanity Fair writer preparing to expand his 'History of The Simpsons' article into a full-length book when the bigwigs behind the hit show said no. Click here to read the behind-the-scenes story of the recently released behind-the-scenes book.

David Carradine is the next 70's superstar to have an alleged incestuous affair made public via a memoir. Marina Anderson, ex-wife and manager of the late Kung Fu & Kill Bill star, plans to publish a tell-all book about their relationship and what she politely refers to as Carradine's "deviant behaviour."

The Chicago Tribune hypothesizes on The Future of Book Signings in the e-Book Age. The ideas range from horrible ("the screen-and-stylus method used by package-delivery drivers") to the hopeful ("To refocus author events would mean they'd would become less like getting a passport stamped and more like a community-building discussion").